Seems like a terribly inefficient way of doing it. On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Geoff Barkman <countryra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there. > The only way I could work this one out is to do this to have two dropbox > folders.... > > If you put a piece of audio in one... it deletes all the existing cuts. > > Then you put all the other pieces of audio into the second dropbox > folder... it then adds cut to the existing cart. > Many thanks > Geoff Barkman > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Rob Landry <41001...@interpring.com> > wrote: > >> >> I'm trying to imagine how this would work. >> >> If someone loads a single ID cut into the dropbox, you want it to delete >> all current ID's from the cart and just import the one? >> >> I would not use the Rivendell dropbox feature at all, but set up a Perl >> script to run as a cron job at the top of each minute. The Perl script >> would look for dropbox files conforming to the desired specification, >> delete the target cart, and run rdimport on them. >> >> >> Rob >> >> -- >> Я там, где ребята толковые, >> Я там, где плакаты "Вперёд", >> Где песни рабочие новые >> Страна трудовая поёт. >> >> >> On Thu, 3 Nov 2016, Seth Stevenson wrote: >> >> >>> I'm not sure how to get a script to do that. Here is what I want to to in >>> detail. >>> >>> We have a number of transmitter sites. We are putting raspberry pi with >>> Rivendell at each site to run localized Id's for that station. They are >>> in >>> one cart in the panel on rdairplay. >>> >>> We use a Dropbox.com folder on the computer linked to our FTP server. A >>> Rivendell Dropbox then imports them into that cart. When we want to >>> change >>> ids we just want to put them in the appropriate folder on the server and >>> let >>> Rivendell Dropbox overwrite the existing ones. The goal is to automate >>> this >>> so it is easy to swap out each stations ids for new ones in the same >>> cart. >>> There are dozens of stations, so I don't want to go in each one and >>> delete >>> the current cart or the cuts. The cart needs to the same, since a script >>> fires it to play the same one. >>> >>> Hope I haven't muddied the waters with that explanation. What's the best >>> way >>> to do this. >>> >>> It should work to delete the cart with a script or by some means, then >>> when >>> the dropbox imports new cuts to the specific cart, it recreates it with >>> only >>> the new cuts in it. >>> >>> Tom Van Gorkom >>> Radio Esperanza Engineering, KRIO AM/FM, KOIR FM >>> Office: 956-380-8150 >>> Cell: 865-803-7427 >>> >>> Rio Grande Bible Institute >>> 4300 S US Hwy 281 >>> Edinburg, TX 78539 >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Seth Stevenson <rcflye...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> No, actually I want to delete all current cuts before importing >>> new ones. >>> >>> On Nov 3, 2016 10:39 AM, "David Klann" <dkl...@linux.com> wrote: >>> Hey Fred, >>> >>> I think what Seth is asking for is an option to >>> delete /all/ cuts in a >>> cart, and then (at a later time) load the cart up >>> with several cuts, and >>> *not* delete each cut before importing a new one. >>> This is more complex >>> than a simple checkbox (i.e., binary) option. >>> Because, how would >>> Rivendell know, without setting some kind of >>> schedule, when to drop cuts >>> and when to leave cuts? >>> >>> *My* opinion on this is that it wouldn't be >>> appropriate to change >>> Rivendell to support this -- Rivendell is already >>> flexible enough to >>> support the few cases in which people want to do it. >>> >>> Hope this helps clarify! >>> >>> ~David Klann >>> >>> On 11/03/2016 08:50 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: >>> > On Nov 2, 2016, at 15:27, Seth Stevenson >>> <rcflye...@gmail.com >>> > <mailto:rcflye...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> I had a question about Dropbox operation in >>> Rivendell. I want to >>> >> import say 25 cuts, in a cart that already has 25 >>> cuts in it. I was >>> >> hoping the delete cuts before import button would >>> delete all the cuts, >>> >> and then do the import, which is what I want to >>> do. However it deletes >>> >> cut for cut, so I end up with only one cut in the >>> cart when the import >>> >> finishes. Is there another way to do this? Can it >>> be added as a >>> >> feature? Thanks. >>> > >>> > To get this behavior, just set a destination cart >>> (in the ‘To Cart’ field). >>> > >>> > Cheers! >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> |----------------------------------------------------------- >>> -----------| >>> > | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief >>> Developer | >>> > | | Paravel >>> Systems | >>> > >>> |----------------------------------------------------------- >>> -----------| >>> > | A room without books is like a body >>> without a soul. | >>> > | -- >>> Cicero | >>> > >>> |----------------------------------------------------------- >>> -----------| >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Rivendell-dev mailing list >>> > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >>> > >>> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell >>> -dev >>> > >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rivendell-dev mailing list >>> Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >>> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell >>> -dev >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rivendell-dev mailing list >>> Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >>> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rivendell-dev mailing list >> Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >> >> > -- Seth Stevenson
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